Method and apparatus for detecting damage in structures

Title: Method and apparatus for detecting damage in structures

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070168341, Method and apparatus for detecting damage in structures.

1. A method comprising: providing original structural response data from a structure; generating surrogate data including a plurality of linear statistical properties of the original structural response data; computing a plurality of time-delayed transfer entropies from the original structural response data and a plurality of time-delayed transfer entropies from the surrogate data; and identifying a damage-induced non-linearity in the structure from a difference between the plurality of time-delayed transfer entropies from the original structural response data and the plurality of time-delayed transfer entropies from the surrogate data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said generating comprises phase randomizing the original structural response data and preserving at least one of linear auto-correlations, linear cross-correlations, and amplitude distribution.

3. A method comprising: providing time series structural response data from a structure; generating a plurality of linear surrogate data series from the time series structural response data; estimating a generalized correlation function for each linear surrogate data series of the plurality of linear surrogate data series to generate a confidence interval; estimating the generalized correlation function for the time series structural response data, thereby generating an output of the generalized correlation function applied to the structural response data; comparing the output of the generalized correlation function applied to the structural response data to the confidence interval; indicating a damage-induced nonlinearity in the structure when the output of the generalized correlation function applied to the structural response data is outside of the confidence interval.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the generalized correlation function includes one of a time-delayed transfer entropy function, a bispectrum, a nonlinear prediction error function, and time-delayed mutual information function.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said generating comprises phase randomizing the original structural response data and preserving at least one of linear auto-correlations, linear cross-correlations, and amplitude distribution.

6. An apparatus comprising: a first portion operable to receive time series structural response data from a structure; a second portion operable to generate a plurality of linear surrogate data series from the time series structural response data; a third portion operable to estimate a generalized correlation function for each linear surrogate data series of the plurality of linear surrogate data series to generate a confidence interval; a fourth portion operable to estimate the generalized correlation function for the times series structural response data and to generate an output of the generalized correlation function applied to the structural response data; a fifth portion operable to compare the output of the generalized correlation function applied to the structural response data to the confidence interval; a sixth portion operable to indicate a damage-induced nonlinearity in the structure when the output of the generalized correlation function applied to the structural response data is outside of the confidence interval.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the generalize correlation function includes one of a time-delayed transfer entropy function, a bispectrum, a nonlinear prediction error function, and a time-delayed mutual information function.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said second portion is operable to phase randomize the original structural response data and preserving at least one of linear auto-correlations, linear cross-correlations, and amplitude distribution.

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